The animation shows approximately what the eclipse looks like from the night side of earth.

During this partial lunar eclipse, the Earth's shadow covers only parts of the Moon, as seen from Brisbane. There are no other locations on Earth where the Moon appears completely covered during this event.

Local times for eclipse in Brisbane on Sunday, August 17, 2008

Click on the Sun/Moon symbol in the “Looks like” column to see what the eclipse looks like during the different phases of the event.

Event

Time in Brisbane

Direction

Altitude

Looks like

Comments

Penumbral Eclipse begins

Aug 17 at 4:26 AM

266°

22.6°

The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.

Partial Eclipse begins

Aug 17 at 5:37 AM

259°

7.4°

Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West.

Maximal Eclipse visible in Brisbane

Aug 17 at 6:11 AM

256°

0.4°

The maximum part of the eclipse occurs when the Moon is close under the horizon. The best time to view the eclipse in Brisbane would be around this time. Since the Moon is near the horizon at this time, we recommend going to a high point or finding an unobstructed area with free sight to West-southwest for the best view of the eclipse.

Moonset

Aug 17 at 6:14 AM

255°

0.0° below

Not directly visible

Below horizon

Maximum Eclipse

Aug 17 at 7:10 AM

249°

12.1° below

Not directly visible

Below horizon

Partial Eclipse ends

Aug 17 at 8:43 AM

235°

29.8° below

Not directly visible

Below horizon

Penumbral Eclipse ends

Aug 17 at 9:53 AM

220°

41.3° below

Not directly visible

Below horizon

This eclipse is in progress during moonrise or moonset, so only parts of the eclipse are visible in Brisbane.

The animation's bottom edge represents an ideal, flat horizon, which is at the same altitude as the observer.

Times are local for Brisbane (AEST - Australian Eastern Standard Time).